Kary-Anne 11-20-08

Kary-Anne, my best friend and go-to pro make-up artist and hairstylist was coerced by me ;D into representing Cancer for the month of July in my calendar...

She was fantastic, and provided some of the best shots of the series!!!

yay, Kary!

Natalia 11-16-08

we finished off the weekend with another shoot at one of my favorite parks...Natalia was a real trooper, as we needed her to get in the water for the shot and it was about 60 degrees out (it doesn't sound too bad, but we're Miami-ans, people! 60 degrees is damn near freezing! lol)

Natalia is a Pisces, and so she is being featured on the March page of the calendar...

this was another one of those shoots that we had to do in a hurry (from beginning to end, it lasted 12 minutes) because it was so close to sunset and the light was rapidly diminishing, but the lighting was beautiful, and like I told Natalia, I didn't see a bad picture in the set...Natalia deserves a medal! lol

Vicki 11-15-08

the third shoot of the day was featuring a Beautiful Garbage favorite...Vicki! playing herself (Leo lol) for the August page of the calendar...

we were able to shoot at my "studio" for her set-up, which was great...as usual, as soon as we started shooting the magic started happening (lol) and we got SEVERAL amazing shots!!! the camera loves "goddess" Vicki! ;D

yep, that's a leo symbol tattoo...how perfect is that? lol

Michelle 11-15-08

the second shoot of the day started an hour and a half later than scheduled, so we were kind of rushed, and the light was pretty harsh, but I think we did alright all things considered... ;D

we had to deal with ducks and iguanas (mean ones! lol) but we got the shot pretty quickly...

Michelle is a actually a Libra, but for the calendar she is representing Aquarius (the water-bearer, hence the fountain) for the month of February...

Anisey 11-15-08

three shoots in a day! I don't think I'd done it before, unless you count once back in March that was all in the same location...hectic! and eventful! lol

The first shoot of the weekend was with Anisey in the Gables...she is an actual Libra, so she is representing October in my calendar...

I wanted to have her pose on the columns, because I wanted a sophisticated feel for her photo...Anisey was awesome, she climbed right up on the tallest pillar and got to work...she even put together her own toga, which was a welcome change for me! lol

probably the coolest little factoid about this shoot...it was raining before we started, and it stopped just long enough for me to get my shot...literally three minutes!!! I was able to get all these amazing shots in 3 MINUTES!!! Anisey is awesome! lol

Melissa M. 11-9-08

The last shoot of the weekend featured a Beautiful Garbage newcomer, Melissa M., channeling her inner diva to represent Aries for April...props to her, cuz she's actually a Virgo!

I spent a good half hour on Melissa's garment, and I'm actually quite impressed at how it turned out! If only I had that much time for ALL of the girls...Her garment actually looked like an outfit to me, albeit haphazardly put together, but I loved my idea for the pattern! ok, I'll stop gushing about the "dress" now lol

We went to shoot at a warehouse in Meli's neighborhood, and Kenny very excitedly lent us his car for the shoot ("My car is gonna be published? and with a chick? SCORE!" LOL)...I wanted the colors to really POP, and I think we were able to achieve that...

Jennie 11-9-08

For such an eventful shoot, the actual photographing for this session was ironically very "quick and painless" as we put it lol

We had to change location for the shoot three times in a matter of 20 minutes, after being chased out of places by cops, a co-ed beatdown that we feared would end in a shootout, and people robbing the sleeping homeless...incredible!

We ended up back in the original location, and got 100 shots in a matter of 10 minutes...the scenery, lighting and model were beautiful, and everything just clicked, pun intended.

Jennie is a Beautiful Garbage favorite, and she is opening up the calendar being featured on the January page, representing Capricorn.

I edited these photos myself, along with the 2 in the NEXT post, though Kenny edited all of the other photos in both sets (hey, I got impatient! I was excited to post so I had to take matters into my own hands! lol)